Agricultural implement.



G. B. GRIGGS. AGRGULTUEAL IMPLEMENT. APPLIUATION NLED' we. 7, 1912.

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APPLIGATION FILED AUG. v, 191

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EPL-Mmmm@ wat, 5MM MM T0 all whom i maycowcfzm f it known that L GEORGE B. Glaces., a, c'izeu of ih@ Unitcd Stmas., residing at Douglas, in th@ county of ufdm, @tmc of Kansas; hav@ invcnd f feni. new and use- .eui improvements in .Agxcumal mple y miam Swed mam.

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vmzn @in mail und, 'mmf' 38 and which forks 4l which engage the sliding clutch members 39. These shipper levers are also provided ivith pedals 4Q so` that they may be moved to brin;r the clutches in or out of engagement by the operators feet. The engine 33 is provided with the usual eontrolling lever 43 and this lever 43 is connected to a latch lever 44 by means of a link The latch lever 44 is arranged in cooperative relation with a quadrant 46 which is positioned on a frame adjacent the drivers seat SO. To the iframe are attached earth Working tools and for the purpose of illustratingl the application ot the invention there has here been shown the device equipped with cultivator beams 47 carrying cultivator shovels 48. It is however, to be observed that other earth Worliinglr tools may be used in connection with the invention and that those here illustrated are to be taken as typical of the arrangement of any such tools and that it is not desired to confine the invention to the spccied application of a cultivator.

In the operation of the device the driver, seated at 30, controls with his lett hand the engine lever 44 and with his right hand the steering lever His feet engage the pedals 42 so that he can move either these pedals or both and connect the shaft sections. Vhen the operator desires to ,go to the right he moves the steering` .wheel in the proper direction and if he Wishes to make a rapid turn he moves the right hand pedal to disengage the right hand shaft section While holding the left hand pedal in its enfor the purpose specified.

It is obvious that minor changes may be made in the form and construction of this invention Without departing from the material principles thereof. It is not therefore desired to confine the invention to the exact form herein shown, but it is wished to include all such as properly come Within the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is In a device of the kind described, a main frame, a lateral frame on each side of the main frame and rigidly connected to the main frame, a pair of spaced depending U- shaped frames fixed at the outer end of each lateral frame, a fifth Wheel including upper and lower members at the forward end 0f the main frame, a pair of spaced depending U-shaped frames connected to the lower member oi the fifth Wheel, ground Wheels mounted between the frames of each pair, a steering device operatively connected to the front pair of frames and an engine bed plate depending from the main frame between' the lateral frames.

In testimony whereof, I aiiix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE B. GRIGGS. llitnesses N. A. YEAGER, C. E. LICHLYTER. 

